On Sunday, 2 August 2007, PCHR started the
second training course in a series dedicated to women’s rights and gender, which
are implemented in coordination with women’s organizations in the Gaza Strip.
The course is held in the office of Sharek Youth Forum from 2-6 September 2007,
totaling 20 training hours, for 25 activists from 10 organizations in Rafah.
Bassam Al-Aqra’, the Center’s Training
Director, opened the course by giving a brief description of the Centre, its
units, and key services to victims of human rights violations. He stated that
the training content responds to the needs of the trainees. He pointed that the
course includes special sessions on women’s rights derived from the convention
on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. Topic include
the historical development of the convention, the concept of discrimination,
state responsibilities towards women, women’s legal rights, political
participation, the right to public office, women’s social and economic rights,
violence against women, Arab States reservations on the convention, gender, and
the death penalty.
The trainers in the course are Bassam El-Aqra
(PCHR’s Director of Training), Hamdi Shaqoura (PCHR’s Democratic Development
Director), Mona El-Shawwa (PCHR’s Women’s Unit Director), Samir Hasaniya (lawyer
in PCHR’s Women’s Unit), Majeda Shehada (researcher in PCHR’s Women’s Unit), and
Dr. Bassam Abu Hashish from Al-Aqsa University.
